Report: Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Population Most Plentiful in Years
Robert T. Brown, president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association, says the report is positive, but there is reason to be cautious. …
Chesapeake Bay
Survey Shows Ongoing Rebound for Chesapeake’s Blue Crabs
The dredging survey released Monday is the latest sign of a healthy crab population and welcome news for fisherfolk in America’s largest estuary and those who love cracking into bushels of the bay’s iconic crustaceans. Feasts of blue crabs steamed in peppery seasoning or fashioned into succulent crabcakes are a beloved delicacy and one of last viable regional fisheries. …
Private Oyster Farming has Helped the Chesapeake Bay. Not Everyone is Happy About the Practice.
A decade ago, Maryland politicians rewrote laws that allow True Chesapeake Oyster Co. and other business ventures to use public waterways for private gain — and for the benefit of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem at large. Since then, the number of oysters farmed in Maryland waters has grown more than 20 times over, equaling about one-third the haul of wild oysters watermen dredge up annually. …